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randomized

randomized

1 5.1
Chosen by chance to avoid bias
  • adjective
  • /ˈrændəˌmaɪzd/
  • Specialized
translation icon : aleatorizado
  • Randomized controlled trial (Strengthening and Stretching for Rheumatoid Arthritis of the Hand Trial SARAH).
  • randomized trial
  • Randomized Controlled Trials
  • randomized experiment

We have lots of randomized controlled trials.

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Examples

  • No randomized trial has shown, however, a reduction in the risk of hip fracture in community-dwelling women.

    Academic text (1996)
  • We have lots of randomized controlled trials.

  • And equal sizes, equal number of people randomized into each of those groups.

  • We have actually some human randomized control trials that do show an effect.

  • And these three randomized control trials prove that beyond a shadow of a doubt.

  • There are surely few questions in history for which randomized trials would be appropriate.

    Academic text (2011)
  • And in the most rigorous randomized control trials, we do see people who exercise tend to lose weight.

  • And then there's a phase three clinical trial which is randomized and placebo-controlled and it's expensive.

  • Twenty studies met the specified inclusion criteria: four Randomized Controlled Trials (RCTs), four non-randomized studies, and 12 before-and-after tests.

    Academic text (2015)
  • The researchers conducted a randomized trial to ensure the results were unbiased.

Synonyms

random
vsrandomized
527 3.4

Happening without a plan and by chance

is arranged deliberately to reduce bias and increase fairness

Antonyms

66 4.6

Done in a careful planned way

1.7

Organized neatly so things are easy to find

How Randomized

randomized
  • Specialized
1 5.1
nonrandomized
  • Specialized
6.9

Surface Forms

randomized positive

Morphology

randomized = randomize (transparent) = random + ize + ed

The past-participial adjective is a straightforward formation from the verb 'randomize' (to make random), so the relation is directly inferable.

Etymology

Randomized begins with random, a word that once meant a quick, running action—like the English word 'run'—from an old French idea of moving without a set plan, and the ending -ize means 'to make'. So, randomized means 'made to be without order', which is why people use it when they choose or place things by chance to avoid bias.